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Gouda - Fog Hunter - The Netherlands

Gouda, South Holland, The Netherlands

Thick, moody fog for atmospheric forest and landscape shots

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)
Fog Probability · ≥ 60.0%

Tip: Scroll down to the 72-hour table to see exactly which condition fails hour by hour.

Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Fog Probability 100% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Fog Probability
0%
Dewpoint Spread3.6°C
Visibility24135 (Clear)
Relative Humidity78%
Wind Speed6.0m/s (moderate winds)

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Times shown in Europe/Amsterdam

No opportunities in the next 10 days

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

The Netherlands' unique below-sea-level geography creates exceptional fog conditions as the polder landscape—land reclaimed from the sea—traps cold, moist air in natural depressions. This creates persistent valley fog and radiation fog that transforms windmills and waterways into ethereal scenes.

Kinderdijk's 19 UNESCO windmills rising from morning mist create one of photography's most iconic Dutch scenes. The flat terrain and extensive water networks mean fog forms readily on calm, clear nights and can persist well into morning. Marken's historic harbor on the Markermeer lake experiences frequent sea fog rolling in from the IJsselmeer.

What makes Dutch fog photography exceptional:

  • Windmill emergence - Historic structures appearing gradually as fog lifts from polder basins
  • Canal diffusion - Amsterdam and Leiden's canals create soft, atmospheric street scenes in fog
  • Flat persistence - Lack of topography means fog lingers longer than in hilly regions
  • Autumn reliability - October-November offer most consistent radiation fog conditions

Best fog occurs on calm, clear nights following daytime warmth—typically spring and autumn. Arrive before sunrise to catch densest conditions. The polders around Kinderdijk, Zaanse Schans windmills north of Amsterdam, and the Alblasserwaard region are prime locations. Fog typically burns off by 10-11 AM as temperatures rise.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 80 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Amsterdam
Fog Probability
≥ 60.0%
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How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Fog Probability mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time
Europe/Amsterdam
Dew Point
°C
Rainfall
mm
Relative Humidity
%
Snowfall
cm
Temperature
°C
Total Precipitation
mm
Vapor Pressure Deficit
kPa
Visibility
m
Wind Gusts
m/s
Wind Speed
m/s
Fri, Mar 13 Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:41
14:00
3.4°C 0.04mm 78% 0cm 7°C 0.25mm 0.22kPa 24135m 10m/s 6m/s
15:00
2.6°C 0mm 72% 0cm 7.2°C 0.25mm 0.28kPa 24134m 10m/s 5.3m/s
16:00
2.5°C 0mm 70% 0cm 7.6°C 0.31mm 0.31kPa 24135m 9.4m/s 5.2m/s
17:00
2°C 0mm 69% 0cm 7.3°C 0.31mm 0.32kPa 24135m 9.5m/s 5.2m/s
18:00
1.7°C 0mm 70% 0cm 6.9°C 0.31mm 0.3kPa 24134m 9m/s 4.6m/s
19:00 ☾
2.1°C 0mm 74% 0cm 6.3°C 0.31mm 0.25kPa 24134m 9m/s 4.3m/s
20:00 ☾
2.6°C 0mm 78% 0cm 6°C 0mm 0.2kPa 24135m 8.8m/s 4m/s
21:00 ☾
2.8°C 0mm 80% 0cm 5.9°C 0.06mm 0.18kPa 24134m 8.3m/s 4.1m/s
22:00 ☾
3.2°C 0mm 85% 0cm 5.5°C 0.06mm 0.14kPa 24135m 9.4m/s 4.6m/s
23:00 ☾
3.3°C 0mm 88% 0cm 5.1°C 0.06mm 0.11kPa 24135m 9.1m/s 4.1m/s
Sat, Mar 14 Sunrise 07:00 Sunset 18:41
24:00 ☾
3.7°C 0mm 90% 0cm 5.2°C 0.13mm 0.09kPa 19294m 7.9m/s 3.7m/s
01:00 ☾
3.1°C 0.19mm 84% 0cm 5.5°C 0.5mm 0.14kPa 22938m 7.5m/s 4.2m/s
02:00 ☾
2.9°C 0mm 86% 0cm 5°C 0.06mm 0.12kPa 24134m 6.6m/s 3.3m/s
03:00 ☾
2.8°C 0mm 87% 0cm 4.8°C 0.13mm 0.11kPa 24134m 7.1m/s 3.1m/s
04:00 ☾
2.7°C 0mm 87% 0cm 4.6°C 0.13mm 0.11kPa 24134m 6.4m/s 3m/s
05:00 ☾
2.5°C 0mm 87% 0cm 4.4°C 0.13mm 0.11kPa 24134m 5.5m/s 2.7m/s
06:00 ☾
2.2°C 0mm 86% 0cm 4.2°C 0.13mm 0.11kPa 24135m 4m/s 2.3m/s
07:00
1.5°C 0mm 85% 0cm 3.8°C 0.13mm 0.12kPa 24134m 3.5m/s 2.3m/s
08:00
1.5°C 0mm 81% 0cm 4.5°C 0mm 0.16kPa 24134m 5.3m/s 2.2m/s
09:00
1.3°C 0mm 73% 0cm 5.8°C 0mm 0.25kPa 24134m 5.1m/s 2.9m/s
10:00
0.8°C 0mm 66% 0cm 6.6°C 0mm 0.33kPa 24135m 4.5m/s 3.5m/s
11:00
0.3°C 0mm 60% 0cm 7.6°C 0.06mm 0.42kPa 23761m 4m/s 3.6m/s
12:00
0°C 0mm 57% 0cm 8°C 0.13mm 0.46kPa 24135m 4.2m/s 4.1m/s
13:00
-0.2°C 0mm 56% 0cm 8.2°C 0.19mm 0.48kPa 22514m 4.6m/s 4.5m/s
14:00
-0.1°C 0mm 56% 0cm 8.2°C 0.13mm 0.48kPa 23754m 5.1m/s 4.8m/s
15:00
0.8°C 0mm 61% 0cm 8°C 0.31mm 0.42kPa 16307m 5.8m/s 5.4m/s
16:00
1.9°C 0mm 68% 0cm 7.4°C 0.88mm 0.33kPa 16001m 6.5m/s 5.4m/s
17:00
1.9°C 0mm 70% 0cm 7.1°C 1mm 0.31kPa 24134m 6.4m/s 4.6m/s
18:00
2.3°C 0mm 75% 0cm 6.4°C 1.1mm 0.24kPa 20527m 7.7m/s 4.5m/s
19:00 ☾
2.1°C 0mm 83% 0cm 4.9°C 1.3mm 0.15kPa 24135m 7.4m/s 3.5m/s
20:00 ☾
2°C 0mm 84% 0cm 4.4°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24134m 6.2m/s 3m/s
21:00 ☾
2°C 0mm 86% 0cm 4.2°C 0mm 0.12kPa 24134m 4.5m/s 2.7m/s
22:00 ☾
2°C 0mm 87% 0cm 4°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 3.6m/s 2.5m/s
23:00 ☾
2.1°C 0mm 89% 0cm 3.8°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 3.8m/s 2.6m/s
Sun, Mar 15 Sunrise 06:58 Sunset 18:43
24:00 ☾
2°C 0mm 90% 0cm 3.6°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.4m/s
01:00 ☾
1.9°C 0mm 90% 0cm 3.5°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 2.8m/s 2.2m/s
02:00 ☾
1.6°C 0mm 89% 0cm 3.3°C 0mm 0.08kPa 24134m 2.2m/s 2m/s
03:00 ☾
1.3°C 0mm 88% 0cm 3.1°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24135m 2.3m/s 2.1m/s
04:00 ☾
1.2°C 0mm 88% 0cm 3.1°C 0mm 0.09kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 2.1m/s
05:00 ☾
0.9°C 0mm 87% 0cm 2.9°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24134m 2.3m/s 2.1m/s
06:00 ☾
0.7°C 0mm 86% 0cm 2.8°C 0mm 0.1kPa 24135m 2.4m/s 2.2m/s
07:00
0.5°C 0mm 85% 0cm 2.7°C 0mm 0.11kPa 24135m 3.4m/s 2.6m/s
08:00
0.9°C 0mm 83% 0cm 3.6°C 0mm 0.13kPa 24134m 6.5m/s 2.9m/s
09:00
1.7°C 0mm 76% 0cm 5.6°C 0mm 0.21kPa 24135m 7.4m/s 3.7m/s
10:00
2.3°C 0mm 72% 0cm 7°C 0mm 0.28kPa 24134m 7m/s 4.2m/s
11:00
2.3°C 0mm 64% 0cm 8.7°C 0mm 0.4kPa 24134m 6.9m/s 4.8m/s
12:00
1.7°C 0mm 58% 0cm 9.6°C 0mm 0.51kPa 24135m 7.4m/s 5.4m/s
13:00
0.9°C 0mm 52% 0cm 10°C 0mm 0.6kPa 24135m 7.6m/s 5.9m/s
14:00
0.4°C 0mm 49% 0cm 11°C 0mm 0.66kPa 24135m 8.3m/s 6.2m/s
15:00
0.5°C 0mm 49% 0cm 11°C 0mm 0.67kPa 24135m 9.3m/s 6.4m/s
16:00
1.4°C 0mm 52% 0cm 11°C 0mm 0.64kPa 24135m 10m/s 6.2m/s
17:00
1.4°C 0mm 54% 0cm 10°C 0mm 0.58kPa 24135m 11m/s 6.1m/s
18:00
1.6°C 0mm 58% 0cm 9.3°C 0mm 0.49kPa 24134m 11m/s 5.6m/s
19:00 ☾
1°C 0mm 58% 0cm 8.9°C 0mm 0.48kPa 24135m 13m/s 6.2m/s
20:00 ☾
1.6°C 0.01mm 64% 0cm 8°C 0.29mm 0.39kPa 24135m 13m/s 6.8m/s
21:00 ☾
2.1°C 0.03mm 70% 0cm 7.1°C 0.58mm 0.3kPa 24135m 13m/s 7.4m/s
22:00 ☾
2.4°C 0.04mm 76% 0cm 6.3°C 0.88mm 0.23kPa 24135m 14m/s 8m/s
23:00 ☾
1.6°C 0.04mm 74% 0cm 6°C 0.92mm 0.25kPa 23635m 13m/s 7.7m/s
Mon, Mar 16 Sunrise 06:55 Sunset 18:45
24:00 ☾
0.9°C 0.04mm 71% 0cm 5.7°C 0.96mm 0.26kPa 23134m 12m/s 7.4m/s
01:00 ☾
0.1°C 0.04mm 69% 0cm 5.4°C 1mm 0.28kPa 22634m 12m/s 7.1m/s
02:00 ☾
-0.3°C 0.03mm 66% 0cm 5.6°C 0.71mm 0.31kPa 22917m 11m/s 7.1m/s
03:00 ☾
-0.7°C 0.02mm 63% 0cm 5.8°C 0.42mm 0.34kPa 23200m 11m/s 7m/s
04:00 ☾
-1.1°C 0.01mm 60% 0cm 6°C 0.13mm 0.37kPa 23483m 11m/s 6.9m/s
05:00 ☾
-0.8°C 0.02mm 59% 0cm 6.6°C 0.25mm 0.4kPa 23700m 10m/s 6.9m/s
06:00 ☾
-0.5°C 0.03mm 58% 0cm 7.1°C 0.38mm 0.42kPa 23918m 10m/s 6.9m/s
07:00
-0.1°C 0.04mm 58% 0cm 7.7°C 0.5mm 0.44kPa 24135m 9.5m/s 6.9m/s
08:00
0.4°C 0.03mm 59% 0cm 7.8°C 0.42mm 0.43kPa 24113m 9.6m/s 6.7m/s
09:00
0.9°C 0.01mm 61% 0cm 8°C 0.33mm 0.42kPa 24091m 9.7m/s 6.5m/s
10:00
1.4°C 0mm 62% 0cm 8.1°C 0.25mm 0.41kPa 24068m 9.8m/s 6.2m/s
11:00
1.9°C 0mm 67% 0cm 7.7°C 0.29mm 0.35kPa 24091m 9.3m/s 5.4m/s
12:00
2.4°C 0mm 71% 0cm 7.3°C 0.33mm 0.29kPa 24113m 8.8m/s 4.5m/s
13:00
2.9°C 0mm 76% 0cm 6.8°C 0.38mm 0.24kPa 24135m 8.3m/s 3.6m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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